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RVE - Practice Test Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2022 Rated A+ Which of the following is an expository type of writing? Announcement Advertisement Journal Poem Film review ✔✔Announc ... ement The primary purpose of expository writing is to provide information or directions. Advertisements and film reviews are persuasive style of writing. A journal is a narrative type of writing. A poem is creative or descriptive. What is a criticism of a direct writing assessment? Uncertain composition. Does not show complete knowledge. Relevance to topic.Subjectivity of graders. Breaks down writing skills. ✔✔Subjectivity of graders Direct writing assignments assess the final product that the students write. Most standardized tests are direct writing assignments. A lack of subjectivity from graders is a common criticism of the test. The words run, runs, ran, and running are all forms of the same Lexeme Morpheme Phoneme Homophone Grapheme ✔✔Lexeme A lexeme is the fundamental unit of the lexicon (word stock) of a language. A lexeme may include a number of inflected variations, such as run, runs, ran, and running Pupils with difficulties in this area may have word-finding problems, difficulty with word classification, difficulty developing more than a literal understanding of a text, and /or a poor shortterm auditory memory. Consonant clusters Orthography Semantics Morphology Syntax ✔✔SemanticsSemantic knowledge is the ability to understand narrative. This includes the ability to understand the meanings of words in different contexts, as well as a knowledge of the meaning of relationships between words. Students come across the abbreviation for the term, terrace, while reading. Of the following, which is the abbreviation for the term? Terr. Te. Ter. Tace. Terra. ✔✔Ter. The other options are never used as an abbreviation for this term. TER is also appropriate. Which of the following is NOT a prosodic feature of fluency? Over articulation. Pitch. Loudness. Speed. Pause. ✔✔Over articulation There are three main elements of fluency. These are rate, accuracy, and prosody. Also within fluency, there are "prosodic" and "para-linguistic" features to consider. Over articulation is a paralinguistic feature. Which of the following would benefit most from the modeling approach to instruction?A student who reads too quickly A student who has trouble with spelling A student who finds it difficult to translate ideas into writing A student who often confuses the letters "b" and "d" A student who has a limited sight word vocabulary ✔✔A student who reads too quickly The modeling approach to instruction involves showing students how to perform a task so that they can learn through imitation. Of these choices, the most appropriate use of modeling would be to demonstrate an appropriate reading rate to a student who reads too quickly. The reading issues in the other choices could not be addressed effectively through modeling. Which of the following is not a part of the Multisensory Structured Language (MSL) method being utilized with students in Ms. Hatcher's class? Students perform multiple tasks simultaneously. It emphasizes whole-word learning. It teaches grammar and syntax. It differentiates between syllable types. It encourages students to focus on letters and print. ✔✔It emphasizes whole-word learningSome methods focus on the development of sight vocabulary, but MSL focuses on the instruction of the alphabetic code. This method teaches language structure: grapheme-phoneme correspondence, grammar, syntax, morphology, and syllables. All but which of the following activities can be used to help children develop oral language skills? Story sequencing Dramatics Storytelling Singing ✔✔Story sequencing Dramatics, storytelling, and singing are all sound methods for the development of oral language development. Story sequencing is a way to help children develop listening skills. In story sequencing, a child is presented with a number of story scenarios. That child must then arrange the scenarios into the sequence that they would appear in a story. The reading specialist is selecting a book for one of her first grade students with comprehension difficulties. Which of the following would she MOST likely choose? Clifford the Big Red Dog. Kids of Polk Street School. Horrible Harry. Nothing but the Truth: A Documentary Novel.Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. ✔✔Clifford the Big Red Dog Kids of Polk Street School and Horrible Harry are more suitable for second and third graders with comprehension difficulties. Nothing but the Truth: A Documentary Novel is for fourth and fifth graders and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, for sixth graders. A teacher can most effectively assess a student's comprehension of a story by A - Giving a vocabulary test with words used in the story. B - Asking the student to name the main characters in the story. C - Asking which characters the student liked or disliked. D - Asking the student to describe the first thing and the last thing that happened in the story. E - Asking the student why something happened in the story. ✔✔E - Asking the student why something happened in the story. Naming the characters in a story (B) or describing the first and last things that happened (D) would provide evidence of a superficial familiarity with the story, but not real comprehension. Likewise, having a student take a vocabulary test (A) or classify characters as likable or unlikable (C) would provide no real evidence of comprehension. Of these choices, the best way to assess comprehension would be to ask a student why something happened in the story (E). Which of the following is an example of what you should do when reading aloud to students to teach inference skills? Explain what the text means.Reiterate the main idea. Tell students that the ideas you get from the text are the same as what they should get. Explain what your thought process is when trying to understand a text. Reassure students that you never have problems understanding texts. ✔✔Explain what your thought process is when trying to understand a text When reading aloud to a class it is easy to start summarizing and explaining the main idea of the text, but that is not the objective of the lesson. Additionally, you should assure your students that texts can have different meanings to different people, and that you yourself are not perfect and are capable of making mistakes. When explaining assessments to faculty, parents, or counselors what needs to be explained? A. Previous assessments and the results of the current one B. The purpose and parameters of the assessment, the results of the assessment, and steps taken to improve performance C. The purpose of the assessment, which assessments were used before, and the results of the assessment D. Which assessments were used before, the purpose of the assessment, and steps taken to improve performance E. Results and steps taken to improve performance ✔✔B. The purpose and parameters of the assessment, the results of the assessment, and steps taken to improve performanceIn order to understand an assessment, it is important to grasp the background. People need to realize which assessment is used and why. This allows them to better grasp the results and the steps being taken to improve performance. What is an example of an conclusion signal word, which helps students comprehend reading material? If. Significant factor. Hence. Instead of. Right. ✔✔Hence Conclusion signal words indicate the end of a discussion is near. Some examples are "all in all", "in short", and "last of all". Reading specialists use directed reading activities for all of the following purposes EXCEPT To teach word identification skills To elicit students' prior knowledge of the topic of a selection To teach specific reading skillsTo establish a purpose for the reading To assess students' reading ability ✔✔To assess students' reading ability In a directed reading activity, a reading specialist introduces a reading selection, asks students what they already know about the topic, and explains the purpose of the activity. The reading specialist also introduces new vocabulary words that are used in the selection and suggests some reading strategies that students will find useful. A directed reading activity is not intended to assess students' reading ability. Reading aloud to students offers all of the following benefits EXCEPT It builds vocabulary It instills a love of reading It helps students learn sight words It provides a model of reading with expression It shows students reading can be enjoyable ✔✔It helps students learn sight words Reading aloud to students has many advantages, but it does not help students learn sight words. To learn sight words, students must see the words, not just hear them. Which of the following is a characteristic of fluency? Word-by-word readingSounding out words Reading in meaningful phrases Numerous miscues Reading without expression ✔✔Reading in meaningful phrases Fluent readers are able to read in meaningful phrases because they have a large vocabulary of sight words. This allows them to read at a natural rate without having to stop to decode words. Phillip, a third grade student, has taken a group standardized test. He has scored below the standard in comprehension. His teacher knows that he has much higher comprehension in class. She recommends that he be given an individual assessment before placement in a fourth grade language arts class. Why? Group tests are not accurate. Individual tests allow for adaptive testing. Group tests only measure norms. Individual tests should be given simultaneously with group tests. ✔✔Individual tests allow for adaptive testing. Phillip may have trouble with testing in a group setting. His scores might be skewed. Individual tests allow for adaptation. They usually require oral responses which might be less threatening for Phillip. They also tend to provide more dependable results than group tests becaus [Show More]

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